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by sergiotapia 759 days ago
Uber fought transportation in huge cities. Very mafia/gang/backdoor dealy right? They ultimately won or bribed the right people.

Isn't the music industry like 10x more gangster? Will guys with bats go into the Suno CEO's office and hang him by his heels over the balcony?

I wonder how it plays out.

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Pop musicians that make a lot of money are 80% the result of marketing/branding/image and 20% music.

Major acts like Taylor Swift are a lot more threatened by AI being used to generate pictures of her having sex at a Chiefs game than they are by AI creating Swift-sounding music.

They're gangster but with lawyers. They'll get the algorithm to generate a bunch of stuff that's dubiously similar to stuff they own, then sue Suno for $200M.
The big acts have been computer gen or inspired music for 10 years.